Mining group Lonmin faced "immediate action in the form of suspension or cancellation" of its mining right if it failed to submit a "compliant" housing plan, President Jacob Zuma warned on Sunday. In an update on steps taken by government departments to implement the Farlam commission’s recommendations, Zuma said the world’s third-biggest platinum miner had been instructed in September to revise its social and labour plan to deal with the living and housing conditions of its employees. The platinum producer was hit by wildcat strikes in 2012, which led to the police shooting and killing 34 striking miners. Zuma appointed Judge Ian Farlam to chair a commission of inquiry into the events. One of the recommendations of the commission was that Lonmin’s failure to comply with its social and labour plan be monitored by the Department of Mineral Resources. The striking workers had demanded a huge increase in their wages, in part because of their squalid living conditions near the mine. Zum...
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